Patents by Inventor Gou Kawaguchi

Gou Kawaguchi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11424655
    Abstract: A drive device includes an annular cover having an inner peripheral opening, and a drive unit to which the annular cover is attached. The drive device includes an inner peripheral adhesive that bonds the inner peripheral end of the annular cover to the drive unit, and includes an outer peripheral adhesive that bonds the outer peripheral end of the annular cover to the drive unit. Therefore, the drive unit and the annular cover can be bonded to each other at a plurality of locations. Therefore, it is easier to firmly fix and fix the components to each other as compared with a configuration in which the only one bonding location is provided. Therefore, it is possible to provide the drive device in which components are properly adhered and fixed to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gou Kawaguchi, Naohiro Yamamato
  • Publication number: 20200366164
    Abstract: A drive device includes an annular cover having an inner peripheral opening, and a drive unit to which the annular cover is attached. The drive device includes an inner peripheral adhesive that bonds the inner peripheral end of the annular cover to the drive unit, and includes an outer peripheral adhesive that bonds the outer peripheral end of the annular cover to the drive unit. Therefore, the drive unit and the annular cover can be bonded to each other at a plurality of locations. Therefore, it is easier to firmly fix and fix the components to each other as compared with a configuration in which the only one bonding location is provided. Therefore, it is possible to provide the drive device in which components are properly adhered and fixed to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Gou Kawaguchi, Naohiro Yamamato
  • Publication number: 20160351573
    Abstract: One memory cell region includes memory cells that are aligned in a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, a word line contact region adjacent to the memory cell region in the first direction interposed by a dummy pattern region, and first and second word lines that span a plurality of active regions aligned in the first direction and extend from the memory cell region to the word line contact region. A first word line and a second word line adjacent to each other within one active region located in the memory cell region constitute a word line pair. A gap in the second direction between a first word line and a second word line that constitute a word line pair in the memory cell region is narrower than a gap in the second direction in the word line contact region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroshi YOSHINO, Gou KAWAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 6861470
    Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer composition dynamically vulcanized to a gelation rate of 50 to 95% which is superior in heat resistance and durability while maintaining flexibility and superior in air permeation preventive property which can be efficiently used as, for example, a pneumatic tire as an air permeation preventive layer. The method includes mixing a composition (C) mixed under conditions of a ratio of melt viscosities of the rubber composition (A)/resin (B) of 0.8 to 1.2 and the formula (?A/?B)×(?B/?A)<1.0 under conditions of a ratio of melt viscosities of the rubber composition (D)/composition (C) of 0.8 to 1.2 and the formula (?D/?C)×(?C/?D)<1.0, wherein ?A: volume fraction of rubber composition (A), ?B: volume fraction of resin (B), ?A: melt viscosity of rubber composition (A), ?B: melt viscosity of resin (B), ?C: volume fraction of composition (C), ?D: volume fraction of rubber composition (D), ?C: melt viscosity of composition (C), ?D: melt viscosity of rubber composition (D).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiro Watanabe, Kazuto Yamakawa, Daisuke Kanenari, Noriaki Kuroda, Gou Kawaguchi, Yuichi Hara, Tetsuji Kawazura, Shigeru Yamauchi, Hideo Nemoto
  • Patent number: 6538066
    Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer composition dynamically vulcanized to a gelation rate of 50 to 95% which is superior in heat resistance and durability while maintaining flexibility and superior in air permeation preventive property which can be efficiently used as, for example, a pneumatic tire as an air permeation preventive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiro Watanabe, Kazuto Yamakawa, Daisuke Kanenari, Noriaki Kuroda, Gou Kawaguchi, Yuichi Hara, Tetsuji Kawazura, Shigeru Yamauchi, Hideo Nemoto
  • Patent number: 6402867
    Abstract: A process for producing a pneumatic tire using, as an air permeation preventive layer, a strip-shaped or cylindrical-shaped single-layer or multiple-layer thermoplastic film, comprising: applying, to at least a part of the joining portion of the thermoplastic film or tire member facing the thermoplastic film, a tackifier-adhesive composition containing a polymer component having an absolute value of the difference of the critical surface tension with the rubber component of the tire member and the polymer component of the surface layer of the thermoplastic film of not more than 6 mN/m, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaido, Kazuto Yamakawa, Jiro Watanabe, Noriaki Kuroda, Gou Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 6397912
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire having an air permeation preventive layer comprising a low permeability thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising a thermoplastic elastomer having a thermoplastic resin composition as a continuous phase and a rubber composition as a dispersed phase, in which a barrier resin composition is contained, which low permeability thermoplastic elastomer composition has a phase structure in which the barrier resin composition is dispersed in the form of a flat state in the thermoplastic elastomer, is abundant in flexibility, is superior in gas permeation preventive property, and enables the tire to be reduced in weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiro Watanabe, Noriaki Kuroda, Gou Kawaguchi, Tetsuji Kawazura, Hidekazu Takeyama, Yoshihiro Soeda, Kazuo Suga, Yoshiaki Hashimura, Osamu Ozawa
  • Patent number: 6359071
    Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer composition dynamically vulcanized to a gelation rate of 50 to 95% which is superior in heat resistance and durability while maintaining flexibility and superior in air permeation preventive property which can be efficiently used as, for example, a pneumatic tire as an air permeation preventive layer. In particular, a thermoplastic elastomer composition having a reduced particle size of the domain rubber is produced by a material having a high rubber ratio by mixing a composition (C) mixed under conditions of a ratio of melt viscosities of the rubber composition (A)/resin (B) of 0.8 to 1.2 and the formula (&phgr;A/&phgr;B)×(&eegr;B/&eegr;A)<1.0 under conditions of a ratio of melt viscosities of the rubber composition (D)/composition (C) of 0.8 to 1.2 and the formula (&phgr;D/&phgr;C)×(&eegr;C/&eegr;D)<1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiro Watanabe, Kazuto Yamakawa, Daisuke Kanenari, Noriaki Kuroda, Gou Kawaguchi, Yuichi Hara, Tetsuji Kawazura, Shigeru Yamauchi, Hideo Nemoto
  • Patent number: 6334919
    Abstract: A polymer composition for a tire having an air permeation coefficient of 25×10−12 cc·cm/cm2·sec ·cmHg (at 30° C.) or less and a Young's modulus of 1 to 500 MPa, including (A) at least 10% by weight, based on the weight of the total polymer component, of at least one thermoplastic resin having an air permeation coefficient of not more than 25×10−12 cc·cm/cm2·sec·cmHg (at 30° C.) and a Young's modulus of more than 500 MPa and (B) at least 10% by weight, based on the total weight of the polymer component, of at least one elastomer component having an air permeation coefficient of more than 25×10−12 cc·cm/cm2·sec·cmHg (at 30° C.) and a Young's modulus of not more than 500 MPa, wherein the total amount (A)+(B) of the component (A) and the component (B) is not less than 30% by weight based on the weight of the total polymer component, and a pneumatic tire obtained therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Takeyama, Yoshihiro Soeda, Gou Kawaguchi, Tetsuji Kawazura, Osamu Ozawa, Giro Watanabe, Noriaki Kuroda, Masahiro Ikawa
  • Publication number: 20010018492
    Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer composition dynamically vulcanized to a gelation rate of 50 to 95% which is superior in heat resistance and durability while maintaining flexibility and superior in air permeation preventive property which can be efficiently used as, for example, a pneumatic tire as an air permeation preventive layer. In particular, a thermoplastic elastomer composition having a reduced particle size of the domain rubber is produced by a material having a high rubber ratio by mixing a composition (C) mixed under conditions of a ratio of melt viscosities of the rubber composition (A)/resin (B) of 0.8 to 1.2 and the formula (&phgr;A/&phgr;B)×(&eegr;B/&eegr;A)<1.0 under conditions of a ratio of melt viscosities of the rubber composition (D)/composition (C) of 0.8 to 1.2 and the formula (&phgr;D/&phgr;C)×(&eegr;C/&eegr;D)<1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2001
    Publication date: August 30, 2001
    Applicant: YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiro Watanabe, Kazuto Yamakawa, Daisuke Kanenari, Noriaki Kuroda, Gou Kawaguchi, Yuichi Hara, Tetsuji Kawazura, Shigeru Yamauchi, Hideo Nemoto
  • Patent number: 6166143
    Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer composition containing a component (A) (thermoplastic polyolefin resin), component (B) (epoxy-group-containing ethylene acrylic ester copolymer rubber), and component (C) (acid-modified polyolefin resin) comprising a continuous phase of the component (A) in which the component (B) is dispersed as a dispersed phase and is cross-linked by a peroxide; a thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising a continuous phase of a thermoplastic polyolefin resin (A) and a dispersed phase of an epoxy-group-containing ethylene-acrylic ester copolymer rubber component (B) and acrylonitrile butadiene rubber component (C), which is dynamically cross-linked; and a hose having an inner tube, at least one reinforcing layer, and an outer cover, wherein the inner tube and the outer cover contain a thermoplastic elastomer composition comprised of a thermoplastic resin in which is blended an at least partially cross-linked elastomer component, the reinforcing layer is a brass-plated wire, and the reinforcin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiro Watanabe, Yuichi Hara, Daisuke Irii, Takashi Satoh, Gou Kawaguchi, Shigeru Yamauchi, Susumu Hatanaka, Noriaki Kuroda
  • Patent number: 6136123
    Abstract: A process for producing a pneumatic tire using, as an air permeation preventive layer, a strip-shaped or cylindrical-shaped single-layer or multiple-layer thermoplastic film, comprising:applying, to at least a part of the joining portion of the thermoplastic film or tire member facing the thermoplastic film, a tackifier-adhesive composition containing a polymer component having an absolute value of the difference of the critical surface tension with the rubber component of the tire member and the polymer component of the surface layer of the thermoplastic film of not more than 6 mN/m, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaido, Kazuto Yamakawa, Jiro Watanabe, Noriaki Kuroda, Gou Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 6114453
    Abstract: A covering material composition for a golf ball, which comprises an ionomer resin and a diene rubber, the diene rubber being dispersed in the ionomer resin. The covering material composition is produced by mixing the ionomer resin with the diene rubber to disperse the diene rubber in the ionomer resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Irii, Yoshihiro Inomata, Gou Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 6079465
    Abstract: A polymer composition for a tire having an air permeation coefficient of 25.times.10.sup.-12 cc.multidot.cm/cm.sup.2 .multidot.sec.multidot.cmHg (at 30.degree. C.) or less and a Young's modulus of 1 to 500 MPa, including (A) at least 10% by weight, based on the weight of the total polymer component, of at least one thermoplastic resin having an air permeation coefficient of not more than 25.times.10.sup.-12 cc.multidot.cm/cm.sup.2 .multidot.sec.multidot.cmHg (at 30.degree. C.) and a Young's modulus of more than 500 MPa and (B) at least 10% by weight, based on the total weight of the polymer component, of at least one elastomer component having an air permeation coefficient of more than 25.times.10.sup.-12 cc.multidot.cm/cm.sup.2 .multidot.sec.multidot.cmHg (at 30.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Takeyama, Yoshihiro Soeda, Gou Kawaguchi, Tetsuji Kawazura, Osamu Ozawa, Giro Watanabe, Noriaki Kuroda, Masahiro Ikawa
  • Patent number: 6062283
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire having an air permeation preventive layer comprising a low permeability thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising a thermoplastic elastomer having a thermoplastic resin composition as a continuous phase and a rubber composition as a dispersed phase, in which a barrier resin composition is contained, which low permeability thermoplastic elastomer composition has a phase structure in which the barrier resin composition is dispersed in the form of a flat state in the thermoplastic elastomer, is abundant in flexibility, is superior in gas permeation preventive property, and enables the tire to be reduced in weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiro Watanabe, Noriaki Kuroda, Gou Kawaguchi, Tetsuji Kawazura, Hidekazu Takeyama, Yoshihiro Soeda, Kazuo Suga, Yoshiaki Hashimura, Osamu Ozawa
  • Patent number: 5919864
    Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer composition containing a thermoplastic resin component including 10 to 95% by weight of a polypropylene having a syndiotactic structure and an elastomer component and having a value of .alpha., defined as follows, of 1 or less:.alpha.=(.phi.d/.phi.m).times.(.eta.m/.eta.d)wherein the volume fraction of the thermoplastic resin component is .phi.m, the melt viscosity thereof at the mixing conditions is .eta.m and the volume fraction of the elastomer component is .phi.d, the melt viscosity thereof is .eta.d.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1999
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiro Watanabe, Osamu Ozawa, Noriaki Kuroda, Gou Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 5910544
    Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising:i) from 15 to 80 parts by weight of a polyamide thermoplastic resin as component A;ii) from 20 to 85 parts by weight of a rubber composition as component B, the rubber composition containing a copolymer rubber composed of a copolymer of a C.sub.4 to C.sub.7 isomonoolefin and a p-alkylstyrene, where at least a part of the p-alkylstyrene unit portions thereof have a halogen atom; andiii) a cross-linking agent,wherein the thermoplastic resin component A forms a continuous phase and at least part of component B is dispersed in component A as a dispersed phase and at least part of the dispersed phase is cross-linked by the cross-linking agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1999
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Ozawa, Tetsuji Kawazura, Noriaki Kuroda, Yoshihiro Aoyagi, Jiro Watanabe, Gou Kawaguchi